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Pears. — Early: Doyenne d'Ete, Buerre Giffard, Clapp's Favorite, 

 Brandy-wine, Manning's Elizabeth. Clapp's Favorite surpasses others of 

 its season in size and beauty, and is, -withal, of fine quality, everywhere 

 increasing in popularity. Autumn: Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, Beurre 

 Bosc, Beurre Hardy, Beurre Superfine, Beurre Clairgeau, Doyenne' Bous- 

 sock, Doyenne' du Cornice, Duchesse d'Angoulgme on Quince, Goodale, 

 Howell, Louise Bonne of Jersey on Quince, Merriam, Paradis d'Au- 

 tomne, Seckel, Sheldon, St. Michel Archange, Souvenir du Congres (a 

 very handsome, large pear, ripening quite as early as the Bartlett), Ur- 

 baniste on Quince. Late Autumn or Winter: Beurre d'Anjou, Dana's 

 Hovey (small, very rich, comparing favorably with the Seckel in quali- 

 ty), Josephine de Malines (as late regarded with favor), Lawrence, 

 Winter Nelis (fine, but too small for market). Cooking: Vicar of Wink- 

 field (on rich, warm soils, with care in thinning; a good dessert variety), 

 Catillac, Uvedales, St. Germain or Pound. New Varieties: The Mount- 

 Vernon (fine, late russet pear) is regarded with favor. The same may 

 be said of Clapp's (No. 22, now Frederick Clapp), also of the President 

 and Admiral Farragut, raised by the late Dr. S. A. Shurtleff. The 

 Emile d'Heyst is a fine foreign, rare variety. Souvenir du Congres is a 

 very beautiful, large pear, quite as early as the Bartlett. The Beurre 

 Diel and Flemish Beauty, like the White Doyenne, once so popular, 

 are being discarded on account of cracking (occasionally they are as 

 fine as ever). The orchards of Massachusetts, especially in the eastern 

 part of the State, abound in fine varieties of the pear. The above 

 constitute the principal popular varieties in market; but, of all the sorts 

 introduced within the last fifty years, no kind surpasses, in its combined 

 characteristics of excellence, the Buerre d'Anjou. It increases in popu- 

 larity every year, and with proper care is susceptible of being kept in 

 fine condition for two or three months. Of the thousand or more varie- 

 ties which I have proved in the forty-six years of experience, no other 

 has given me so much satisfaction. It is also found, by the catalogues of 

 the American Pomological Society, to succeed well in more than thirty 

 of our States and Territories. And I think I may be allowed to say, 

 without personal merit or motive, if I have done nothing else for the 

 pomology of our country, that the introduction of this pear thirty-eight 

 years ago was a blessing to our land. 



Grapes. — Few new varieties have been introduced of late. Those 

 old sorts most approved of around Boston and in the eastern section of 

 the State are the Hartford, Concord, Creveling, Delaware, Diana, Lindley 

 (Rogers No. 9), Massasoit (Rogers No. 3), Wilder (Rogers No. 4). Barry 

 (Rogers No. 43) is a fine kind, similar to the Wilder in size, appearance, 

 and quality. There are a few new varieties which are regarded as giving 

 good promise; among which, especially, is to be mentioned Moore's Early, 

 a seedling of the Concord. It is very prolific and constant in crop, ripen- 

 ing fully two weeks before the Concord, growing beside it. The bunch is 

 large and handsome; berry larger than the Concord, and equal in quality. 

 It has been exhibited for several years before the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, and was awarded last fall a prize of sixty dollars for the 

 best new seedling grape. It is considered a valuable acquisition for the 



